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@article{192402,
        author = {Dr. Jyoti Balodi},
        title = {THE STUDY OF GAMING ADDICTION AMONG SCHOOL GOING STUDENTS OF DISTRICT YAMUNANAGAR IN RELATION TO GENDER},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {9},
        pages = {1550-1557},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=192402},
        abstract = {Technology is playing an important role in every aspect of human life. People are using the latest technologies for information and entertainment purposes. For infotainment people are depending on social media and online gaming in advanced model. In this virtual world online gaming becomes the most popular and touching its highest level. Online game is a video game that is played with the help of internet or any other computer network available. Generally people consider online gaming as their mode of entertainment. In this generation with the development of mobile industry and network has helped in the growth of online gaming industry. The students use online gaming to release their stress level. As everything has an opposite side online gaming also has, due to excessive usage of online gaming people get addicted to it which will cause many health issues like vision related problems, headaches, neck pain and mental issues also. So the present study was done to check gaming addiction among school going students of district Yamuna Nagar, Haryana. The study revealed that approximately 80% of the participants had online gaming addiction.},
        keywords = {Gaming, Gaming Addictions},
        month = {February},
        }